Qualification details

These Employability Skills may be obtained by the completion of this qualification but in no way reflect skills that may apply to any particular position within a fire service.

Employability Skill 

Employability Skills Statement 

Communication 

• complete post incident documentation to organisational requirements
• complete records for work area, accurately and legibly, in accordance with organisation's requirements
• promote positive relations with stakeholders by facilitating open communication and responding promptly to queries
• provide access to information on the organisation's occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs; and accurately and clearly explain this information to the work group
• report significant changes in status and actions taken, consistent with organisational policy and procedures

Teamwork 

• apply the principles of conflict resolution and problem solving to improve team dynamics
• identify opportunities to develop workplace knowledge and skills of team member/s
• manage human and physical resources
• use feedback from individuals/teams to identify and introduce improvements in future learning arrangements
• use knowledge of team and personnel management to effectively and efficiently deploy human resources

Problem solving 

• deal with and resolve, issues raised through consultation promptly or refer them to the appropriate personnel for resolution in accordance with organisation's procedures
• deploy resources to ensure the operational plan is implemented in accordance with organisational guidelines
• develop an operational plan for a medium size incident and adjust if required in accordance with response requirements and operational guidelines
• identify and report inadequacies in resource allocation

Initiative and enterprise 

• maintain situational awareness
• network at an appropriate level

Planning and organising 

• assess the incident and identify resources required to deal with the incident
• deploy human and physical resources effectively and efficiently
• develop and implement a plan of response to a medium size incident in accordance with the organisation's policies and procedures
• implement organisational procedures for consultation over occupational health and safety issues and monitor them to ensure that all members of the work group have the opportunity to contribute
• provide progress reports to stakeholders in line with organisational policies and procedures

Self -management 

• analyse needs
• develop and use networks effectively
• display knowledge and skills in terms of job role

Learning 

• learn about legislative requirements relevant to emergency management, techniques for the prioritisation and evaluation of public safety risk management systems
• learn about securing emergency/operations site

Technology 

• gather information from existing plans/databases
• operate communication systems and equipment

Code 

Core Units 

PUAOHS003B

Implement and monitor the organisation's occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs

BSXFMI506A

Manage workplace information

PUAFIR509B

Implement prevention strategies

PUAOPE005B

Manage a multi-team response

PUAOPE007B

Command agency personnel within a multi-agency emergency response

PUAPRO001B

Promote a learning environment in the workplace

PUACOM007B

Liaise with other organisations

PUAFIR502B

Develop incident control strategies

Code 

Elective Units 

PUAFIR501B

Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities

PUAFIR503B

Co-ordinate human resource management activities

PUAFIR504B

Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies

PUAFIR505B

Administer cost centre's financial resources

PUAFIR506B

Conduct an assessment of a building's performance based design

PUAFIR507B

Inspect building fire safety systems

PUAFIR508B

Assess and evaluate a facility's fire/incident safety management systems in hazardous materials

PUAFIR510B

Inspect for legislative compliance

BSBCUS501B

Manage quality customer service

PUACOM008B

Develop and organise public safety education programs

PUACOM009B

Manage media requirements at major incident

PUAEMR002B

Identify, analyse and evaluate risk

PUAMAN004B

Manage procurement

PUAMAN005B

Manage projects

PUAMAN008B

Manage physical resources

TAAASS403B

Develop assessment tools

TAACMQ501B

Develop training and/or assessment organisational policies and procedures

TAACMQ503B

Lead and conduct training and/or assessment evaluations

TAADES501B

Design and develop learning strategies

TAATAS501B

Undertake organisational training needs analysis

PUAOPE018A

Control a Level 2 incident

PUAOPE021A

Manage information function at an incident

PUAOPE022A

Manage logistics for a Level 2 incident

PUAOPE023A

Manage operations for a Level 2 incident

PUAOPE025A

Manage planning for a Level 2 incident

NOTES 

It is important to note that where units of competency within this qualification have pre-requisite requirements, the learner must have been assessed as competent within a fire context prior to undertaking training or assessment.

BSB units have been imported from the BSB07 Training Package.

TAA units have been imported from the TAA04 Training and Assessment Training Package.

Information about customising PUA00 Public Safety Training Package qualifications is on page 12 .